1 f M o Imitate Sw-ma, who laid up much secret mprit. From the Chinese. Dresses, Cloak", Ribbon?, Suits, etc., can be made to look like new with PUT NAM FADELESS D ES. Xo muss. Don't allow your dogs, your children or your troubles to trouble your neigh bors. Lewis' Single I. inder straight 5c. Many Binokcis jrefert them to 10c ciRiir.s. Your dcalnr or Lewis' Factory, l'coria, 111. Wail of the Pessimist. Life is such a poor business that the strictest economy must bo exercised in its good things. Schopenhauer. Don't Be Stubborn. A few people are so headstrong they keep right on having chills growing thin and yellow, when wo guarantee one bottle of Cheatham's Chill Tonic to cure any one case. Don't be ono of that class. Get a bottle. Poacher Had Nerve. Robert Jones, a Liverpool surgeon, tells of a patient who was an old poacher and who, whileunder the in fluence of cocaine during an operation upon the bones of a leg, regaled the Burgeon with tales of his poaching ex ploits. Important ...

fc THE PRESS MKKTIXG. The tenth nnnunl session of the Negro Press association convened at Colorado Springs, Col., on Aug stu 20, 190G. There were a large number of attendants from the va rious states west of the Mississippi river and they all were enthusiastic in their work for the race in the Great West. President W. H. Duncan is an untiring worker and had everything in good condition for the reception of the visitors. He was ably sec onded by the good citizens of Col orado Springs, who did all in their power to make the stay of the visi tors both pleasant and jrofitable. The citizens of that splendid city, without regard to color or creed gave the visiting editors a splendid welcome. Mayor Hall handed over the keys of the city to the quill pushers and informed them if there was anything else they needed and v. anted "to take it." Many of the most able and bril liant negroes of the west were in attendance at this meeting, among them were: Hon. "W. N. Miller, Wichita, Kas.; Prof. F....

w 1 Y. vzcctyzttyyzGt&yyyix THE GIRL IN THE CAR I $ OCC3C0GCSOSGBCO5BOCO5GGC: By EILEEN FARLEY Mr. Richard Dillingham crawled from under his car and surveyed his I hands dismally. He looked at his ' watch and noted that the time of his dinner engagement was past. Then he relieved his mind in a single ex 'plosive word "Naughty, naughty," chided a voice in his ear, "and wickedly useless." Dillingham wheeled about and the shadowy bundle perched on the fence stirred and laughed. Then the bundle shook itself and jumping to the ground inquired trenchantly, "Smashed?" "I beg your pardon," said Mr. Dil lingham, lifting his cap. "I took you for a wistaria vine." "Thank you," said the girl, gravely. Then,, abruptly, "Is it fun to ride in an automobile?" Ho hesitated. Then, "Will you step into my auto?" " 'Said the rplder to the fly,' " the girl finished, as she put her hand into hi3 and stepped lightly up. ier face was indistinct in the thick ening twilight, but he could see that she was ...

NEGRO DELEGATES BOLTED. Left Convention When Separate Coach Resolution Was Adopted. Ardmorc, I. T. Oct. 1st. (Special.) Tho Ropublican Con vention of tho Twenty firs Ke oording District held hero to day to nominate a canidato for delegate to the constitutional convention was stormy, Tho attitude of the white delegates on tho separate coach propo osition as embodied in the res olution prcipitated a hot fight in which the .Negro delegates bolted, after the meeting had declared in favor of a Jim (Jrow law, The Negro dele gates though slightly in the minority made a strong fight to prevent the passage of the resolution. Kev. (J, (J. Welch, pastor, of tho Prysbotorian church, was selected as the noinneee. The resolutions adopted en dorsed the administration of President Koosevolt, praised delegate Mo Bird of Uklahnma for his efforts in behalf of statehood, declared for sepa rate schools and separate coach es, endorsed the principle of the initiative ;md referendum. ask congress to purcha...

7e Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 jlluskogee, I. T., Friday, October, 12 1906. Vo 4 fc' "Every Voter Living in the City of Muskogee, must REGISTER before City Recorder on or before the 26th of October, or he cannot VOTE." "This is the latest Rule of the Districting Board." RAYMOND IS NOMINATED BY A VOTE OF 45 TO 5 DOUGLASS and HIS GANG OF PARTY WRECKERS MET DEFEAT. Promptly at 2 p. in. Tuesday, Oct. 9th Jim Iluckelberry called the convention in the 75th Dis trict to order and announced that he w. I Tern o ar Clmir.nan having been appointed by Tom Sanson and that he would con duct the meeting. Of course this was all wrong. Huck had finished his part when the meet ing was called to order. The Republicans pi estnt proceeded to nominate and elect Hon. James Miller for Temporary Chairman and Hon. Morgan Caraway and rrof B. C. Ham mond Sec'y. A committee on credentials was appointed A. V Jones, V. h. Davidson and Morgan Crraway. The corn mil tec on ciedeutials made their report which was adopted...

NERVOUS DEBILITY A Scranton Woman Tolls How Dr. Williams' Pink PlKs Mado Hor Woll and Strong. Nervous debility is tho common immo for whnt tho doctors term uouruHtlidiiiii. It is characterized by moiitiil depression, fits of tho "blues," or melancholy, less of onergy nnd spirits. Tbo putient'h eyes bucomo dull, tho pink fudcH from llio oheolcs, tho memory becomes dcfoclivoso tbnt it is dilllculb to recall dates and names at will. Homo of thcho symptoms only may bo present or all of thorn. The remedy lies in toning up tho nervous Bystoni and thoro is no niedioino -better adapted for this purpoho than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, Mrs. Jnuo J. Davies, of Kb. 3M War ron stroot, Scranton, Pa., Fays: " Somo years ago I becamo greatly reduced in health nnd strength nnd my nervous systeia becamo fo debilitated that, I felb wrotched. I could not rnst or sleep well at night and woko up as weaiy and languid in tho morning as I was when 1 wont to bed. My head ached in tho morning and often thoro w...

The Rules for voting' Laws TImf Will (.'ovcrn Voting in In dian Territory. Muskogee, I. T. Tunis Blxby, chairman of tho redisricting board, and W. II. II. Clayton and Judge Gill, of VInlta, met last week with about forty-live of the flfty-flvo com missioners appointed for the various delegate districts in Indian Terri meetlng was to settle questions con cerning tho election laws which will govern tho election of delegates to tho constitutional convention. Among these was tho question as to whether or not a man will havo to be a resident of a certain precinct for thirty days prior to the election in order to cast a vote. Tho dis tricting board holds that the Okla homa law, on which the question was raised, does not apply in Indian Territory, and that the statehood bill makes this point clear. The bill states that every male resident in the territory over 21 years of ago who has resided in the ferito ry for six months prior to the first election shall be entitled to cast a ballot. It ...

H M PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTER EST OF THE NEGRO OY CIMETER PUD. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUS KOGEE, I, T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAT TER W H. TWINB .... Editor. HWOOD. .... Asb'i Editor. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. For Govonor of tho State of Oklahoma. Hon. John D. Benedict, of Muskogee. I. T. Douglas is tearing his hair what little is left yelling slave base ignoble. Vhats the mat ter Colonel, can you see snakes. They say Bisenoy had a six shooter. Well, he of the sweat er Same would have lasted as long as asnowballin tho regions of Pluto had he drawn it. Superintendent Benedict was not out in- Disl.. -J on the day the Deputy Marshall mado his gun play and knew nothing a bout the outrage and had noth ing to do with it. Judge Lawerenco is busy in court affairs and is taking no part in tho factional fights in the Republican party. If the Districting Board stays by the bolters and Popocrats then they put a premium on party treachery and sound the death knell to Re...

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Muskogee Cimeter. IV. H. TWINE, Editor. .Friday October 12 11)00 A Law to Protect Birds. " The threatened extermination of all beautiful birds In this country In order to Butlsfy the demands for ornamental millinery has iu 1 to the enactment In several states of g. '-fly needed laws for the protection of wild birds. Com missioner Whipple, of the New York state forest, fish and game depart ment, has recently served notico through the press to the wllliners of the state, retail and wholesale, that Ills department Intends to use every legitimate means to enforco the law prohibiting tho possession or salo of tho bodies or feathers of wild birds, whether taken In this state or olso whore. Tho penalty for each violation of tho law Is $00 fine, and an addition al $25 for each bird, or part thereof, sold, offered for salo, or possessed. This law seems to bo sweeping enough to constitute an efficacious remedy so far as the state of Now York is con cerned. All tho added beauty that can bo giv...

sf Jr' V r What He Most Wished For. John Fiske, the American historian, was an ardent lover of music and him self no mean musician. Furthermore, ho was extremely corpulent and felt tho hot weather painfully. Ho was once delivering a courso of lectures at a summer school in a small city of the middlo west." Tho heat was terrific and adjoining tho houso where tho lecturer stayed was a church where an ill-matched but zealous "quartet" practiced and performed during all hours of the torrid afternoons and evenings. One evening, seeing the fa mous man sit for a time unoccupied and apparently oppressed by this com bined affliction, tho young daughter of his hostess attompted to divert him by offering him a new novel, then just be coming popular. "I think 'Tho Choir Invisible' is perfectly splendid, Mr. Fiske," said she. "Would'n you like to read it?" Tho historian put the book aside. "My dear young "lady," said he, "tho only choir in tho world in which I could feel any Interest at this mom...

4 II A lily white said to a color ed delogato ''If you nominate Raymond and elect him he shantgo." Docs this mean as sassination? Wo know it has heen done, and wo warn Judge Raymond to ho on his guard, any coward can shoot a man in the hack; and Wo know a cer tain gambler has been told to perform tho act on us, but we warn Mr. Gambler, that should ho succeed some of our boys will get him. I they AVe aro proud of the loyal ityof our boys in the glorious fight and the grafter and gam blers can look out for tho fin ish. It will be grand and glo rious. Tho SIIAKS political PIRATES and tho'vo will have no pail, in the victory, they have been given quarters with the enemv. The lily white gang are try ing to get the Negroes who were delegates to the conven tion to make false affidavits. No Negro will be fooled by this gang or sign any j a, r that may turn up later as an affidavit for somethihg that they know nothing of. C. J. Jones, received the ma jority of the votes in the 7Gth District,...

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 jIuskogoQ, I. T., Friday, Oetober, 19 1906. No 5 JUDGE RAYMOiND Was Nominated IN THE REPUBLICAN CONTENTION AT MUSKOGEE. Convention In 7."th District Carry Out Will of the J'codIu. IJfpiity U. S. Marshall Ledbetter, a Democrat, liy Force and Anus Takes Chairman Miller From the Convention. Hopkins Defeated In llegular Re publican Convention. The people won a victory In the nomination of Judge Raymon at (he convention of the 75th constitution al delegate district, at Wiley Jones' hall, Muskogee, Tuesday, October 8th, 1906. The caucuses In the twelve pre cincts were held last Tuesday. Judge Raymond won in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th precincts,, and had th'rty uncontested votes. In the 4th precinct Grant Fore man, who was leading the Hop kins men, took the chair and an nounced that he was chairman of tho caucus and would name a com mittee to select the delegates. No chairman had been elected. Fore man said Sanson told him to take the chair and keep it...

I Muskogee Cimeter, W. H. TWINE, Editor. y October 10 1000 Door aro tramping down Connecti cut crops. Tlioy must bo enforcing tho gamo laws in tliat state. It cost more to live last year tban (lining any previous year since 189!). Uut, after all, it was worth tho price. In four years$Io(M)00,000 has been spent in tho United States on automo biles, and the horseless era is as far removed as over. A bigger and better Valparaiso is promised. Nevertheless, nono of the civic Improvement societies mend such radical shake-ups. recom :i Bclva Lock wood says it is just as necessary for women to study law as to learn to cook. A good many other women seem to talco tho same view of tho case, and they are not studying law either. A Colorado man, while shaving, tried to brush a lly from his nose. Ho succeeded, but lost the end of his nose. It is a good plan to uso tho othor hand than tho ono containing tho razor when brushing flics. An English Inventor wants London to banish smoko and stifling fo...

rUUUBHCD CVCRYWtiCK IN THE INTCR' cor or thc ncoro oy cimctcr pud, co CNTCRCDAT THC HOOT OFTIOC AT MU8 KOQCC, I T,, AO OCCOND 0LA33 MAIL MAT TCR W II. TWINB .... Hdllor. R. WOOI). .... Abh'I Hdllor. 12 I). NICKL'NS, Advertising Manager. For Govonor of LIio State of Oklahoma, Hon. John J). Boned id ol' Muskogoo, 1. T. For Delegates to Constitutional Ooiivonlion Seventy-Fifth District, Oliarles V. liny inn nd Seventy-Sixth District, Cornel ins, J. Jones. Who tiro you for, tlio people oi' the Six-Shooter? lOevery body knows what Mint moans. All Deputies had Six Shooters at all the conventions 13 1 1 L they failed to bluff the boys in the trenches. Old lluelc now thinks he was eleeled Chairman. Well strago I lungs will happen when a man is under the hypnotic spell of Ring Rule. The reception of Vice Prcsi dent Fairbanks should be (1w in which all parties and all fac lions could join, but Doug and his clan have done their level best to make it a factional par ty blow out. and as usual th...

Jones the candidate in the 70 District is as far ahead off hoth Haskell and Bucher as Lhe sun light is of n tallow candle; his ability is unquestioned and he is able to beat both of them on the stump and carry of the hon ors. The Negroes who are op posing him should stop and think and then compare the per sonality and individuality of the candidates and then ask themselves who has the nomi nation of the Republican party If they then desire to vote the Democratic Popocratic of Au tocratic nominee, all WE have to say is may God have Mer cy on YOU because AVE cant. GREAT IS THE FLOPPER Pooi old vacilatiiig Gordon, is an astute observer of remark able revelation, ' he has just discovered that the credentials of the Raymond delegates were not given to Huckelberry. A man especially an editor should b.i a man or a mouse or a long tail rat, anything by which a man could identify IT. When the lion has quenched his thirst in blood, and when the anaconda has swallowed his prey they sink to res...

E& si CONDITION OF IRISH FARMERS. Modern Methods and Cooperation Are Needed In the Island. John Drydon, former mlnlator of ngrlculturo for Ontnrlo, has returned from tho old country, wliero ho was acting HH oijo of tho roprosontativoa of tho Imporlul government on tho com mlHHlon appointed to investigate) tho working of tho department of ngrlcul turo and technical Instruction In Iro land, saya tho Montreal Family Her ald. Tho commlBBlon determined to oxamlno tho olllclals of tho depart ment, the heads of agricultural hodics, prlvato Individuals and all who could glvo ovldenco concerning tho working of tho department and the methods host calculated to carry out tho inton- iion or tho statute. Mr. Drydon expressed himself as be ing favorably disappointed with tho agricultural possibilities of Ireland, and declares that as a paying proposi tion ho would rather havo his farm thoro tlTan In Ontario. "I do not think," said ho, "that it would ho easy to find a hotter agricultural distr...